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Is the Young Actors Space a good place to go to? by Dry-Relationship-279 • last post Jun 12th
I’m deciding between a program offered here and a program offered at the margie harber school, but this one is a little cheaper. Does anyone know if the teaching is good?
Substitute teaching as a survival job in LA by Huskergrad • last post Jun 12th
Have any actors in LA done substitute teaching as a survival job? If so, did you go through a temp agency or approach the schools directly? How did it work out in terms of flexibility and pay? I'm hoping to find something where I short term sub and agree to the job in the morning and pick my days so I'm free to go to callbacks when I need to. How competitive was it to be hired?
Acting by Lumpy-Ordinary-1816 • last post Jun 12th
I need some advice. I’m 13 and want to become an actress so bad. But I’m extremely shy. I cant even act infront of my parents or even sing. My parents know that I want to become an actor. They believe me and support me but they know that my shyness will not help me at all. I told them I want to take acting classes and they agreed at first. So I signed up. And literally the day that I have my first acting class I ended up not going bc my mom yelled at me saying “the acting industry is hard! You cant even act in front of us and you expect your gonna do it in front of random people! I am the one paying for your classes and I don’t want to pay for it if I don’t see results!” So here I am… literally crying in my room bc idk what to do anymore. I’m taking theater in Highschool but it’s literally summer break rn and I wanted to take classes since I have nothing else to do. I don’t want to have to wait till Highschool. Tbh my family isn’t the typical family people expect. We are the type of family that are not rlly affectionate. Like me and my siblings have never even hugged EVER or said I love you. We are all about humor or whatever. Like I don’t even think they realize this but my family is SO JUDGY. Like the reason I don’t do anything infront of them is because I know I’m gonna get laughed at. If I express my self the tiniest bit I get made fun of. And they ofc my mom yells at me because I don’t act infront of her. Like does she not know how hard it is. It’s like she thinks I don’t want to show her I wanna become an actress but I DO! It’s just my family is so judgmental especially when it comes to the entertainment industry. It’s always “nursing” “military” but never “actress”. And since I’m still 13 they probably don’t even believe in me no matter how many times they say they “support me”. They are so bipolar I swear. It’s like when I say I wanna be come an actress they immediately think of me being “famous” and that’s what makes them say they “support” me. But once they realize that I have to take acting classes and get headshots they immediately change their mind. My family is so confusing. Anyways I need advice so if you guys have any. Feel free to respond. Thanks.
Dr. Skullen - Intro by Snoo17012 • last post Jun 12th
Do you think they should stop casting celebrities in animated movies and cast actual trained voiced actors? by Supermansofly999 • last post Jun 12th
In my opinion I think they should cast more voice actors then celebrities because when they do cast celebrities the voice does not fit the character and can end up being annoying.
Working as an Actor on a work visa by sunnyblaze290a • last post Jun 12th
I'm an international student in the US on my f1 visa. How would I go about pursuing acting in the US? I know that Kunal Nayyar (the famous actor who portrayed Raj Koothrappali on the CBS sitcom) got himself a work visa after he graduated on his F1 visa. Would I be able to do the same? Any help is greatly appreciated, Thanks!
Background & Stand-In Actor Wanting to Give Up... by DaddyDivide5 • last post Jun 11th
I’ve been a professional SAG-AFTRA background and stand-in actor in LA off & on for 12 years. I’m starting to feel really hopeless since I’m not getting much work & it’s affecting my mental health and finances. As for me, I’m good looking (average to above looks) boy next door type & an 18 to look younger white male. I feel like I have decent photos on my profile and I have a calling service. I only get a few availability checks that don’t lead to bookings. I think I last worked only one day a month ago and my prior booking before that was a month before that date. Is it currently a slow period? I feel like a lot of stuff is filming and was picking back up. I was busier during the pandemic than I am now. I figured once restrictions lifted that more productions would gear up & more jobs would be opening up. I don’t know if my calling service doesn’t like me or what, but I want to focus mostly on stand-in work and they never book me as a stand-in. They always put me on bottom of the barrel background jobs that film far away or aren’t as good. And the last few jobs I’ve booked myself on and I feel they aren’t as useful anymore. I just don’t know what to do since I can’t change my default photo with Central since they aren’t doing updates. Does anyone know of a really good calling service that works hard for you as a Union member? I want to just do stand-in work but I don’t know how to get in that pile with casting. And I know calling services lie and say they don’t just put their favorites on jobs... but I feel they absolutely do. Do you guys ever send any notes or photos by mail or email to casting to be like hey I’m available for work, book me? I never did that but I just wanna get back on castings radar but I don’t know if it’s like principal acting where you mail postcards to background casting to get on their minds. It’s not like it was years ago. It was easier to get booked several days a week. Now I’m just struggling and I wanna give up completely & go back to school in something out of the entertainment industry. I just don’t feel good enough and the down time just eats at me. I don’t know if I can live with the stress of not knowing when my next paycheck is. How do you guys cope? I just don’t wanna be broke sitting around at home all day losing my mind :( This was always my backup job and guaranteed money since I used to easily get booked but for some reason I never get calls anymore.
can i start without classes? by makka-pakka-madafaka • last post Jun 11th
i know there are a few well known actors and actresses who have never taken acting classes but how did they start?
I am a 20 year old actor moving to Albuquerque, New Mexico by OkJacket3407 • last post Jun 11th
Hello! I am a 20 year old actor moving to Albuquerque because I have done a lot of research on the area with Netflix and NBC moving in right before COVID I know production is just now about to start again. I would love to hear from other actors as well as others in the industry in their experiences in New Mexico? I just got approved for an apartment and will be moving in July 2nd. I’m also planning on signing up for acting classes at Sol Acting Studios. Please let me know what you think!
New to acting by TechnicianChemical44 • last post Jun 11th
Hey! I’m new and am just realizing that I want to become and actor! I’m 21 and have put it off for a long time due to my anxiety and living in Kentucky. Finally I’m gonna try and pursue what I like doing and would love to meet people and hear about acting experiences you have had!
Skipping interviews? by Singing_IsMy_Passion • last post Jun 11th
I was wondering about something just now. Let’s say that someone becomes this big time actor & they are going through something very stressful in their personal life. Interviewers of course keep bringing it up & the actor doesn’t want to do interviews anymore. Could that actor decide not to do most interviews & still get to keep their career successful? I notice that some actors do way less interviews compared to others & wondered how they set that up w/o their career tanking. I’d love to hear thoughts on this.
I got into a really good drama school but I don’t know if I should go… by lucarom • last post Jun 11th
I’m represented by a pretty good agency who also represent some big A list actors and are very selective with who they work with. I’ve done a fair few plays are the Royal Shakespeare Company and have also worked doing short films. As of now I’m only 18 and I don’t know whether or not pursue the drama school for the experience, meeting new people and getting a degree or to carry on going to auditions, making money on the side and to not be in debt. I would appreciate any different perspectives. Thanks.
How would you rank these Vancouver agents? by canadianthrowawayyyy • last post Jun 11th
Lucas Talent, CUE, Premier Talent Management, Nuance Talent Management, Red Talent Management, Kirk, & Trisko also, a lot of the top actors have American agents as well. how are you supposed to know what specific agent got that actor their series regular audition?
Nine9 Reviews: Our Approach To Getting Rave Reviews from Emerging Talent by nine9talent • last post Jun 11th
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What steps should I take/things I must know to become a voice actor? by RaimuRM • last post Jun 11th
I hope I'm in the right place to ask this- Hiya, I'm going to get straight to the point. I really, really want to do voice-over work as a carreer, and have for about a year now, and I want to start working towards that ASAP. I'm mainly aiming for anime and video games, which I'm sure isn't too uncommon. I've done prior research into classes, how to get started, and I do my best to practice as often as I can, but I'm slightly worried about causing complications as I am only 16 and I live in the Netherlands, and most classes that I've seen are aimed at people in America. Although not a lot, I do have some experience. I don't know if this important in this situation but yeah- I've had vocal training for singing/choir since I was 9, and I've taken multiple acting classes (both inside and outside my normal school) since I was about 11. To add to that, I just recently finished working on a reasonably sized theater production. I've also had one voice over job (it wasn't acting or anything major, I just had to read out some generic sentences for a voice detection thingy and record it on my phone), so I might as well mention that. For what it's worth, I'm also fluent in 3 languages (Dutch, Russian and English), but I do have a tiny accent on some words, and I want to know if that can cause some problems. I don't have any equipment, as I can't afford it, but I have been looking into setups. I don't want to make any expensive purchases until I've at least secured one class, though. I'm also a complete noob when it comes to recording programs and I've never used any before. I'm sorry for the long block of text, but I wanted to make sure I listed every possibly important piece of information. So, with my current circumstances, which step should I take next? Thank you for your time :)
Did I make a mistake? by WhyUBullyMe127 • last post Jun 11th
When I was about 7 or 8 my mom sent me to tons of auditions for tv ads . I didn't really know what was going on at the time , I wasn't into acting , I got really frustrated when she took me to auditions , at the time I didn't know anything about how much actors make or how famous they get , I had a habit of biting my nails at the time I did it during auditions constantly , the people taking the auditions were surprisingly patient , they saw I was biting my nails and all that , I'm surprised they didn't kick me out in 5 minutes , I obviously didn't get any message from them after that I purposely acted badly coz I didn't want to do any more auditions or anymore acting , if someone had told me about the money and the fame of actors at the time I would have actually given the auditions properly Now here I am watching stranger things kids doing a load of interviews , going on Ellen and Jimmy Fallon and making more than I can count while I am 15, in school with nothing going on and uncertain about what I want to do for my future .
Meeting with Agents and Managers by lolitareaper • last post Jun 11th
Hello everyone! I’m going to be meeting soon with a management company and I’m wondering what I should ask them before even thinking about possibly signing. I’ve looked them up on IMDbpro and their company meter is in the 2000, and the first 3 actors on their roster have booked ok roles, though it’s hard to say if it’s due to this manager or the agents they have. I figured I’d meet with them anyway because I need some kind of representation! So any advice is greatly appreciated! Thank you!
How do voice over actors maintain such clear voices? by Acting58 • last post Jun 10th
For example Zach Aguilar of Demon Slayer manages to maintain and clear voice when doing VO. While when he normally talks he sounds like a normal dude.
Ohio actors?? by thatanxiousactor • last post Jun 10th
Hi guys, I’m currently with an agency in Columbus, OH. The reality is though there isn’t too much work here, does anybody in ohio have representation in Chicago or elsewhere? I’m wondering wether or not this would be a good route to get a second agent.